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flowers are not so large. Sepals and petals pure white ; lip 

 of the same colour, with a blotch of yellow in the centre, and 

 rose-coloured spots on each side. 



C. giganteiun. — This is not so handsome as the preceding, 

 but it makes a good plant for winter blooming, and is a 

 rather large-growing species. Its brown and pui-ple flowers 

 are produced on long upright spikes during the winter, and 

 last long in perfection, if they are kept dry. Native of Nepal. 



C. Hookerianum. — A fine addition to this family, and well 

 adapted for a cool-house. It is a native of the Sikkim 

 Mountains. In habit of growth similar to C. giganteum, but 

 striped with greenish yellow at the base of the leaves ; flower 

 spikes erect ; blossoms very large, upwards of four inches in 

 diameter ; sepals and petals green ; lip straw-coloured, deep 

 yellow at the margins, round which are large blotches of rich 

 purple. It should be gi'own in a pot, and kept in a cool- 

 house. 



C. Huttoni. — A new, rare, and very remarkable -looking 

 species. It grows about twelve or eighteen inches high, and 

 produces long racemes of flowers of a brown colour, spotted 

 and streaked with chocolate, excepting the lip, which is green, 

 with chocolate stripes. It flowered with Messrs. Yeitch in 

 the summer of 1867, and is a native of Java. 



C. Mastersii. — A pretty Orchid from India. It is a great 

 deal like C. ehumeum in its growth, but the flowers are very 

 difierent in shape : they are produced on upright spikes, and 

 are white, with a yellow centre. This plant blooms during 

 the winter, and continues long in flower. 



C. pendulum. — A very good Orchid from Sylhet. A large- 

 gi'owing plant, with long drooping spikes from one to two 

 feet long ; sepals and petals brown, the lip red, striped 

 with white. It blooms in July or August, and lasts long in 

 beauty. 



